“By what is the world shut in?
On what is the world established?
By what is the world ensnared?
By what is it enveloped?”“The world is shut in by death;
The world is established on suffering;
The world is ensnared by craving;
It is enveloped by old age.”
sn.1.68 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)
Shut In
- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Editor: Blake Walsh